List of gangster movies

The following is a comprehensive list of gangster films from 1900 to the present.  

 1900s-1920s 
+DecadeFilm1900sThe Great Train Robbery (1903)
The Moonshiners (1904)

A Desperate Encounter Between Burglars And Police (1905)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1905)

The Black Hand (1906)1910sMoonlight (1910)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) 

The Gangsters and the Girl (1914)

Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)

The Regeneration (1915)

The Wicked Darling (1919)1920sUnderworld (1927)
Dressed to Kill (1928) 

The Lights of New York (1928)

The Racket (1928)

The Way of the Strong (1928) 

Alibi (1929)

The Racketeer (1929) 

 1930s 
+YearFilm1930The Doorway to Hell 1931City Streets 
Little Caesar 

Monkey Business 

Night Nurse 

The Pubic Enemy 

Smart Money 

Taxi 1932The Beast of the City 
Frisco Jenny 

Me and My Gal 

Scarface 1933Broadway Thru a Keyhole 
Lady for a Day 

Lady Killer 

Parachute Jumper 

Picture Snatcher 

The Story of Temple Drake 

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1934Little Miss Marker 
Manhattan Melodrama 1935G-Men 
Princess O'Hara 

Special Agent 1936 Bullets or Ballots 
The Petrified Forest 1937Dead End 
The Last Gangster 

Marked Woman 

Trouble at Midnight 1938The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 
Angels with Dirty Faces 

A Woman's Face 1939King of the Underworld 
Risky Business 

The Roaring Twenties 

The Saint Strikes Back 

 1940s 
+YearFilm1940Black Friday 
Brother Orchid 

Castle on the Hudson 

City for Conquest

The Great McGinty

The Green Hornet 

The House Across the Bay

The Invisible Woman  

It All Came True 

Johnny Apollo

The Saint Takes Over1941Ball of Fire
Blues in the Night 

The Face Behind the Mask 

High Sierra

Johnny Eager

A Man Betrayed

The Monster and the Girl 

Out of the Fog1942All Through the Night
The Big Shot 

Gang Busters 

The Glass Key 

Lady Gangster 

Larceny, Inc.

Mr. Wise Guy 

Smart Alecks1943The Black Raven
Clancy Street Boys

The Crime Smasher

The Dancing Masters 

Hit the Ice 

It Ain't Hay

The Gang's All Here

Girls in Chains

Johnny Come Lately

Lady of Burlesque

Man of Courage 

Mr. Lucky 

Sahara

Truck Busters1944Dark Mountain
Roger Touhy, Gangster1945Come Out Fighting 
Dick Tracy 

Dillinger 

The Falcon in San Francisco 

Federal Operator 99

Gangster's Den

Incendiary Blonde 

It's in the Bag! 

Midnight Manhunt

Wonder Man1946Angel on My Shoulder 
The Big Sleep 

The Chase

Decoy 

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball  

Gilda 

The Great Piggy Bank Robbery 

The Hoodlum Saint 

The Killers 

Racketeer Rabbit 

Somewhere in the Night 1947Body and Soul 
Born to Kill 

Christmas Eve 

Dead Reckoning 

Desert Fury 

Desperate 

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Dick Tracy's Dilemma 

The Gangster 

I Became a Criminal 

I Walk Alone 

Johnny O'Clock 

Kiss of Death

Out of the Past 

T-Men 

Railroaded! 

Ride the Pink Horse 

Shoot to Kill1948Brighton Rock 
Call Northside 777 

Cry of the City 

The Dark Past 

Drunken Angel 

Force of Evil 

Hollow Triumph 

Key Largo 

No Orchids for Miss Blandish 

Race Street 

Raw Deal 

The Naked City 

A Song Is Born 

The Street with No Name 

They Live by Night 1949Border Incident 
Criss Cross

The Crooked Way 

A Dangerous Profession 

Flaxy Martin 

Gun Crazy 

In the Name of the Law

Johnny Allegro 

Johnny Stool Pigeon 

Knock on Any Door 

Miss Grant Takes Richmond 

Mr. Soft Touch 

Port of New York 

The Set-Up 

Scene of the Crime 

Sorrowful Jones 

Stray Dog 

Thieves' Highway 

The Threat 

Trapped 

The Undercover Man 

White Heat 

The Woman on Pier 13 

 1950s 
+Year Film1950Appointment with Danger 
Armored Car Robbery 

The Asphalt Jungle 

Black Hand 

The Blue Lamp 

Borderline 

The Damned Don't Cry 

Dark City 

Gun Crazy 

Los Olvidados 

Night and the City 

711 Ocean Drive 

Side Street 

The Underworld Story 

Woman on the Run 1951Behave Yourself! 
Cry Danger 

The Enforcer 

His Kind of Woman 

The Lavender Hill Mob 

The Lemon Drop Kid 

M 

The Mob 

The Racket 

Racket Girls 1952The Captive City 
Deadline - U.S.A. 

Kansas City Confidential 

Macao 

The Narrow Margin 1953Crime Wave 
The Big Heat

The Girl Who Had Everything 

Kiss Me Kate 

Man in the Dark 

Second Chance 1954Down Three Dark Streets 
Dragnet 

Drive a Crooked Road 

Jail Bait 

On the Waterfront 

Pushover 

Touchez Pas au Grisbi 1955The Big Combo 
A Bullet for Joey 

Creature with the Atom Brain 

The Desperate Hours 

5 Against the House 

Guys and Dolls 

House of Bamboo 

I Died a Thousand Times 

Illegal 

Killer's Kiss 

Kiss Me Deadly 

The Ladykillers 

The Naked Street 

Pete Kelly's Blues 

The Phenix City Story 

Rififi 

Tight Spot 

Violent Saturday 1956Accused of Murder 
Bob le Flambeur 

Crime in the Streets 

The Girl Can't Help It 

The Killing 

Nightfall 

Slightly Scarlet 1957The Brothers Rico 
The Long Haul 1958King Creole 
The Lineup 

Machine Gun Kelly 

Murder by Contract 

Party Girl 

Room 43 

Thunder Road 

Touch of Evil 1959Al Capone 
The FBI Story 

Guns Girls and Gangsters 

Odds Against Tomorrow 

Some Like It Hot 

The St. Louis Bank Robbery

 1960s 
+YearFilm1960The Bad Sleep Well 
Breathless

The Concrete Jungle 

It Takes a Thief 

Ocean's Eleven 

The League of Gentlemen 

Ma Barker's Killer Brood 

Murder, Inc. 

Never Let Go 

Pay or Die! 

Playgirl After Dark 

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond 

The Sun's Burial 

Surprise Package 

Take Aim at the Police Van 

The Walking Target 1961Blast of Silence 
The Frightened City 

The George Raft Story 

The Hoodlum Priest 

I Promised to Pay 

King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein 

Mad Dog Coll 

Man Called Rocca 

Most Dangerous Man Alive 

West Side Story 

King of the Roaring 20s 

Pigs and Battleships 

Pocketful of Miracles

Sanctuary 

Underworld U.S.A. 1962China Town 
Kid Galahad 

Le Doulos 

Passport for a Corpse 

Salvatore Giuliano 

Walk on the Wild Side 

Who's Got the Action?1963Any Number Can Win 
Cairo 

The Corrupt 

Crooks in Clover

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards!

Gangsterzy i filantropi 

Hands Over the City 

Johnny Cool 

Le concerto de la peur 

Maigret voit rouge

The Man from the Diners' Club 

Underworld Informers

Youth of the Beast 

The Wrong Arm of the Law 1964Cruel Gun Story 
The Killers 

Ôkami to buta to ningen 

Pale Flower 

Robin and the 7 Hoods 

When Strangers Meet 1965L'amour à la chaîne 
Cloportes 

The Gangster 

Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken 

Hail, Mafia 

Mickey One 

The Money Trap

Once a Thief 

One Way Wahine 

Tattooed Life 

Young Dillinger 1966Le Deuxième Souffle 
The Hired Killer 

The Mad Dog 

2 mafiosi contro Al Capone 

Playgirls of Frankfurt 

The Poppy Is Also a Flower 

The Upper Hand 

Tokyo Drifter 

The Treasure of San Gennaro

Wake Up and Die 1967Action Man 
The Big Mouth 

Bonnie and Clyde 

Branded to Kill 

The Busy Body 

A Certain Killer 

The Cobra 

Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI

The Corrupt Ones 

Gunn 

The Happening 

Lucky, el intrépido 

Du mou dans la gâchette

La notte è fatta per... rubare 

Operation St. Peter's 

Point Blank 

Robbery 

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre 

Le Samouraï 

Sorrel Flower

The Story of a Discharged Prisoner 

Thoroughly Modern Millie 

Walk the Hot Streets 1968The Biggest Bundle of Them All 
Bandits in Rome

Bonnot's Gang 

The Brotherhood 

Bullitt 

The Great Chase

Killers Three 

Madigan's Millions 

Mafia 

Never a Dull Moment 

Pasha 

The Pick-Up 

Sardinia... Kidnapped 

Skidoo 

Sol Madrid 

They Came to Rob Las Vegas 

The Violent Four 

Wild 90 1969The Angels of the Street 
Army of Shadows 

Bootleggers 

The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago 

Gangsters' Law 

The Girl Who Knew Too Much 

Hard Contract 

The Italian Job 

Jeff 

Joë Caligula - Du suif chez les dabes 

The Lost Man 

Machine Gun McCain 

Mafia Girls 

Mafia Mob 

Mission Impossible Versus the Mob 

Naked Bullet 

Pelle di bandito 

The Sicilian Clan 

Sophie's Place 

Stiletto 

They Paid with Bullets 

 1970s 
+YearFilm1970Barsolino 
Bloody Mama

Performance 

The Red Circle 

Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter 1971The Anderson Tapes 
A Clockwork Orange 

The French Connection 

The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight

Get Carter 

The Last Run 

Villain

Shaft 1972Across 110th Street 
Boxcar Bertha 

Caliber 9 

The Doberman Gang 

The Getaway 

The Godfather 

The Harder They Come 

The Mechanic

The Way of the Dragon 1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity 
Big Guns 

Black Caesar 

Charley Varrick 

Dillinger 

The Don is Dead

Enter the Dragon  

The Friends of Eddie Coyle 

Gang War in Milan 

Goffy 

High Crime

Hell Up in Harlem

Little Cigars 

The Long Goodbye 

Mean Streets 

Magnum Force 

Outfit 

Police Woman 

The Sting 

Serpico 1974Barsilino and Co. 
The Black Godfather

Chinatown

Crazy Joe 

Foxy Brown

Gangsterfilmen

The Godfather: Part II 

Gone in 60 Seconds

Massacre Mafia Style

Melvin Purvis: G-Man 

Shoot First, Die Later 

The Talking of Pelham One Two Three 

Yakuza 1975The Black Gestapo 
Brannigan 

Capone 

Cops vs. Thugs 

Flic Story 

Framed 

The Four Deuces

Graveyard of Honor

Hard Times 

Sheba, Baby 1976Assault on Precinct 13 
Black Heat 

Bugsy Malone 

Clint Eastwood: The Enforcer 

Cross Shot

Death Rage

Family Enforcer

Gang Wars 

J. D.'s Revenge 

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 

Mikey and Nicky 

The Missouri Breaks 

Meet Him and Die 

Mister Scarface 

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Taxi Driver 

The Tough Ones 

The Sicilian Cross

Street People 

 The Squeeze (1977)
 The Big Sleep (1978)
 The Great Train Robbery (1978)
 Walter Hill: The Driver (1978)
 Youngblood (1978)
 Boulevard Nights (1979)
 The Lady in Red (1979)
 Walk Proud (1979)
 The Wanderers (1979)
 The Warriors (1979)

 1980s 

 1980 

 Atlantic City
 Cruising
 Gloria 
 The Long Good Friday
 The Smuggler
 Three Men to Kill

 1981 

 Absence of Malice
 Cattle Annie and Little Britches
 Gangster Wars 
 The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
 The Mafia Triangle
 Prince of the City 
 Thief
 Zoot Suit

 1982 

 Death Wish II 
 Fighting Back 
 Gang Master 
 The King of Comedy 
 Lady Gangster 
 1990: The Bronx Warriors
 Shakti 

 1983 

 Bad Boys 
 Eureka
 The Outsiders 
 Scarface
 The Sting II 
 Videodrome

 1984 

 Alphabet City
 Once upon a Time in America
 Savage Streets

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